Erick Schonfeld has an interesting riff on the future of media in an age where small is big. He notes that hit CDs are plummeting. Our colleague Jon Fine made a similar point in his column (which featured an unforgettable photo of Grand Funk Railroad).

Grand Funk Railroad

What happens to superstars in a fragmented entertainment economy? Do they shrink? Do their horses turn into shetland ponies? If so, what happens to the global entertainment industry built on a handful of celebrity franchises? What happens to our celebrity-driven media? What in the name of heaven will we read about in People magazine?

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I call this (and everything else related to consumption) part of the morphing ecoToroid: a time-based, 3D version of the Long Tail.

Posted by: csve at February 3, 2006 01:06 PM

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I'd wager that celebrity obsession is undeterred. Marketing is a most powerful force in our current system. Remember Bruce Springsteen back in the day? he was in there against mega-stars like Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac. Yet, he got a foothold as an outsider. Table stakes were his musical talent. Point: he made it as an anti-celebrity. Marketing rules, like it or not.